Clothes washing and holding apparatus

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a clothes washing and holding apparatus comprising two semicircular housings capable of being coupled together to form a sphere, with pores on a surface thereof for the entry and exit of water, and a coupling member disposed on a rim thereof for coupling purpose; an impact ball, which is made of buoyant materials and inserted between the two semicircular housings. When brassieres are placed inside the two semicircular housings, the impact ball is placed between brassier cups, such that when the clothes washing and holding apparatus is spun into water, the buoyant impact ball will make the clothes washing and holding apparatus float on the water surface, thereby achieving excellent washing effects for brassieres.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to clothes washing and holding apparatus,particularly to a clothes washing and holding apparatus that specializedin washing women's underwear and disposed in a washing chamber.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

Although washing machines greatly facilitate doing laundry in people'sdaily lives, they easily cause damages to the clothes if all the clothesare simultaneously put into the washing machine for washing becauseclothes differ greatly in the fabrics, properties, and dyes.

If brassieres are put into the washing chamber of washing machinestogether with other ordinary clothes, they easily cause the outwardprojection of steel wires on a rim of brassieres, because women'sunderwear such as brassieres differ greatly in structures and may bedeformed, thereby failing to maintain their shape and support thewearer's breasts. Moreover, some wearers may hurt their skin whenwearing the brassieres. Therefore, when washing women's clothes such asbrassieres, it is usually necessary to sort other clothes out and washthem by hand. However, the chemical ingredients containing in thewashing liquid will hurt the skin of the wearer's hands.

For washing purposes, women's underwear is first put inside laundry netbags and then inside the washing machine to avoid the twisting andentwining of underwear and other clothes. However, it is not possible todo laundry of brassieres without damages made to them, because of thedeformation of steel wires on the brassieres.

According to prior art, which can effectively avoid damages to the steelwires of underwear such as brassieres during laundry washing. However,the inventor of the present invention was not satisfied about this andintended to provide a better clothes washing and holding apparatus suchthat underwear such as brassieres can be thoroughly washed. When usingthe clothes washing and holding apparatus, the impact ring disposed inan interior of the semi-circular housings of the apparatus is in theshape of a ring, such that it is easily spun into the water and is noteasily floated along with the water in the washing chamber due toinsufficient buoyancy in water, thereby making unsatisfactory washingeffects.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To overcome the above drawbacks, the primary object of the presentinvention is to provide a clothes washing and holding apparatus withexcellent washing effects, comprising two semicircular housings, each ofwhich can be coupled together to form a sphere, with pores on a surfacethereof for the entry and exit of water, and a coupling member disposedon a rim thereof for coupling purpose; an impact ball, which is made ofbuoyant materials and inserted between the two semicircular housings.

When brassieres are placed inside the two semicircular housings, theimpact ball is placed between brassier cups, such that when the clotheswashing and holding apparatus is spun into water, the buoyant impactball will make the clothes washing and holding apparatus float on thewater surface, thereby achieving excellent washing effects forbrassieres.

To enable a further understanding of the objectives and thetechnological methods of the invention herein, the brief description ofthe drawings below is followed by the detailed description of thepreferred embodiments.

BRIEF DESCIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 shows an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows an exploded perspective view of the working conditions ofthe present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the working conditions of thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 shows an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIG. 1 and 2, the clothes washing and holding apparatus ofthe present invention comprises two semicircular housings 10 and 11,each of which can be coupled together to form a sphere, with pores 12 ona surface thereof for the entry and exit of water, and a coupling memberdisposed on a rim thereof for coupling purpose; an impact ball 20, whichis made of buoyant materials and inserted between the two semicircularhousings 10 and 11.

The coupling member is provided with two coupling slots 100 on a rim ofthe semicircular housing 10 whereas two coupling springs 110corresponding to the two coupling slots 100 are disposed on anothersemicircular housing 11. The semicircular housing 10 is provided withtwo pivotal pieces 101, each of which a pivotal hole 102 is disposed ina center toward a rim of the coupling member, whereas a pivotal piece111 having a pivotal hole 112 is disposed on the corresponding rim ofanother semicircular housing 11, such that a pivot 13 passes through andis secured in the pivotal holes 102 and 112 corresponding to the pivotalpieces 101 and 111. Therefore, the two semicircular housings 10 and 11can be pivoted to open or close.

A surface of the impact ball 20 is provided with a plurality ofprojected protuberances 21 to enhance the impact of the impact ball 20when the clothes are impacted by the protuberances 21. The impact ball20 can be hollow and made of plastic materials or can be made of solidfoaming materials, or any buoyant materials.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, two cups 31 of a brassiere 30 are foldedtogether, with an impact ball 20 inserted between the two cups 31. Thenthe brassiere 30 with the impact ball 20 inserted inside is put into thetwo semicircular housings 10 and 11, which become tightly coupledtogether and closed by the coupling member. Finally, the brassiere 30can be put into the washing chamber and washed together with otherclothes.

If the clothes washing and holding apparatus is spun into water alongwith the rinsing, this will make the brassiere 30 and the twosemicircular housings 10 and 11 float out the water surface due to thebuoyant impact ball 20. By means of repetitions together with the impactmade between the cups 31 on the impact ball 20, this can achieve hittingand rubbing and prevent the formation of cleanser residuals, such thatunderwear can be excellently washed without being damaged.

Referring to FIG. 5, a plurality of coupling portions can be added to aninterior on a rim of the two semicircular housings 10 and 11. Eachcoupling portion is provided with a plurality of long buckle holes 103in an interior on a rim of one semicircular housing 10 whereas barbedbolts corresponding to the long buckle holes 103 are disposed on anothersemicircular housing 11 such that the two semicircular housings 10 and11 are closed together. Therefore, this can make the sphere more secureand prevent it from being automatically opened under the strong impactof water and other clothes, thereby making the present inventionpractical.

To enhance physical appeal and novelty of the present invention, thesemicircular housings 10 and 11 shown in FIG. 5 can also be providedwith mold-injected blocks 104 and 114 in different colors and materials(or fluorescent rubber/plastics) by mold injection on some pores 12therein or any surface thereon. Moreover, according to the embodiment ofthe present invention, a rope 14 can be wrapped on the pivot 13 at apivotal portion of the two semicircular housings 10 and 11, such thatthe rope 14 can be exposed outside the housings to be used as a handlefor carrying.

It is of course to be understood that the embodiment described herein ismerely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a widevariety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled inthe art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asset forth in the following claims.

1. A clothes washing and holding apparatus comprising: two semicircularhousings, each of which can be coupled together to form a sphere, withpores on a surface thereof for the entry and exit of water, and acoupling member disposed on a rim thereof for coupling purpose; animpact ball, which is made of buoyant materials and inserted between thetwo semicircular housings.
 2. The clothes washing and holding apparatusas claimed in claim 1, wherein a surface of the impact ball is providedwith a plurality of projected protuberances.
 3. The clothes washing andholding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling member isprovided with two coupling slots on a rim of one of the semicircularhousings whereas two coupling springs corresponding to the two couplingslots are disposed on another semicircular housing.
 4. The clotheswashing and holding apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein one of thesemicircular housings is provided with two pivotal pieces, each of whicha pivotal hole is disposed in a center toward a rim of the couplingmember, whereas a pivotal piece having a pivotal hole is disposed on thecorresponding rim of another semicircular housing, such that a pivot ispivotally disposed in the pivotal holes corresponding to the pivotalpieces, and the two semicircular housings can thus be pivoted to open orclose.
 5. The clothes washing and holding apparatus as claimed in claim4 wherein a plurality of coupling portions can be added to an interioron a rim of the two semicircular housings, and each coupling portion isprovided with a plurality of long buckle holes in an interior on a rimof one of the semicircular housings whereas barbed bolts correspondingto the long buckle holes are disposed on a corresponding location ofanother semicircular housing.
 6. The clothes washing and holdingapparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rope can be wrapped on thepivot at a pivotal portion of the two semicircular housings, such thatthe rope can be used a handle for carrying.
 7. The clothes washing andholding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semicircularhousings can also be provided with mold-injected blocks in differentcolors and materials by mold injection on some pores therein or anysurface thereon.